His smile widens.
It’s predatory.Sinister.
“Keller. Miles Keller.” The name slams into me like a physical blow. The hallway suddenly feels suffocatingly narrow. “I believe you’ve heard a little about me. Even met some of myfriends.Figured I should… introduce myself.”
My breathing turns shallow.
The edges of my vision blur.
This is him.
The man whose shadow has loomed over every conversation. The man who’s tried to take me. Who’s trying to take something fromthem.The man who tried to ruin my sister. Who’s trying to ruineverything.
And I’m standing alone in a hallway with him.
Somewhere behind me, faintly, I hear footsteps. “Abigail?”
Jasper.
Miles takes one step closer. Not touching. Just invading. “I hope you’re enjoying Montana, Anya. It would be a shame if you got… lost again.”
The world tilts violently.
Black creeps in at the edges of my vision.
My heart pounds so hard it hurts.
I try to step back.
My heel catches.
And the last thing I hear before everything goes dark is Jasper shouting my name.
Then, I fall.
Chapter twenty-six
Jasper
Red?”Icall,steppinginto the hallway.
And that’s when I see him.
Tall. Gray at the temples. Tailored suit.
Standing too close.
Too damn close to my girl.
My girl.
Abigail sways a little on her feet. And for half a second, my brain refuses to process what I’m seeing. Then her knees buckle. “Abigail!”
I run.
I see it happen in slow motion—her body tipping backward, her hand reaching for something to catch her.
Her head hits the marble floor with a sickening crack. The sound splits my chest open as I watch in horror. She doesn’t move. Not evenan inch.
